Healthy Warning for webmasters

suraja

Novice

Posts: 18

3+ Months Ago

This not for webmaster only acually, it's for anyone who works daily in front of computer. Some of you might not know about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, it's some kind of a common source of hand numbness and pain. You can see some of CTS surgery pictures [WARNING: graphic content], hope you still good after seeing those.

And it's a big risk for anyone who works daily on a computer that use mouse and computer on bad position. Here are some good postions on mouse and keyboard usage for you:

and more on this post, also some hand exercise while on computer

Hope this information help us on healthy workspace! And hope I'm not posting this on wrong section

jflynn

Mastermind

Posts: 2305

Loc: Baker City, Oregon

3+ Months Ago

Thanks for the reminder about posture. Lots of ppl have bad posture and wonder why they hurt at the end of the day.

UPSGuy

Lurker ಠ_ಠ

Posts: 2733

Loc: Nashville, TN

3+ Months Ago

The Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard - I used to hurt in my arms and wrists but this keyboard made a world of difference.

joebert

Fart Bubbles

Posts: 13506

Loc: Florida

3+ Months Ago

I keep my keyboard on my lap so I can turn my chair sideways and put my feet up. I have my chair at one end of the desk and the monitor at the other end so my neck doesn't bend much at all. I was just sitting here looking at my wrists and they look straight for the most part, I suppose there's times when they're bent either which way though.

I keep a folded up wash cloth behind my mouse that my wrist sets on when I use it. When it gets funky I can just wash it and use a fresh one. Much happier with this than I was with one of those mouse pads with the built-in wrist bubble things.

craniul 26

Novice

Posts: 27

3+ Months Ago

I just need to find one of those keyboards in a bluetooth version!!!

Jenie0109

Proficient

Posts: 408

3+ Months Ago

I followed the right position and everyone stared at me... maybe I was exaggerating.